Main Trends in Philosophy

Main Trends in Philosophy

Author: Paul Ricœur

Publisher: Holmes & Meier Publishers

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13:

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To assess the main trends of philosophy in the world today, the author avoids using a simple geographical framework and favours instead a schema that identifies philosophical fields or loci with questions being presently researched and discussed.


Emerging Trends in Continental Philosophy

Emerging Trends in Continental Philosophy

Author: Todd May

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-11

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1317546784

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"Emerging Trends in Continental Philosophy" presents a comprehensive and accessible analysis of the most recent developments in European thought. From feminist thought to environmental philosophy to analytic themes in Continental philosophy to recent discussions of citizenship, "Emerging Trends" offers an overview of the currents animating contemporary Continental philosophy. The volume focuses on thematic developments rather than individual figures, allowing the reader to follow the threads that weave different thinkers together. Each essay is written by an expert in the area covered, displaying the passion of these experts for the fields they discuss without lapsing into jargon. The volume provides a broad map of the landscape of recent European thought as well as the latest thinking from leading scholars on key themes.


Philosophy in Practice

Philosophy in Practice

Author: Adam Morton

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Published: 2003-12-30

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9781405116183

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Philosophy in Practice is a completely new kind of introductory philosophy textbook, focusing on philosophy as an activity, rather than as a doctrine. Thoroughly revised edition of a popular introductory philosophy textbook. Contains new discussions of philosophy of religion, freedom, The Matrix, and the epistemology of the internet. Offers a wealth of pedagogical features to guide students through the text, including discussion plans at the beginning of each section, questions, chapter summaries, annotated guides to further reading, and a glossary. Classic passages from the history of philosophy are used throughout, and each part ends with a one-page historical summary. Includes an on-line teacher's guide with teaching suggestions, tests, and essay topics at: www.blackwellpublishing.com/pip


The Philosophy of Human Evolution

The Philosophy of Human Evolution

Author: Michael Ruse

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-01-12

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 0521117933

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Provides a unique discussion of human evolution from a philosophical viewpoint, covering such issues as religion, race and gender.


Philosophy of Science: The Key Thinkers

Philosophy of Science: The Key Thinkers

Author: James Robert Brown

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-02-16

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1441152547

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All the great philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to the present day have been philosophers of science. However, this book concentrates on modern philosophy of science, starting in the nineteenth century and offering coverage of all the leading thinkers in the field including Whewell, Mill, Reichenbach, Carnap, Popper, Feyerabend, Putnam, van Fraassen, Bloor, Latour, Hacking, Cartwright and many more. Crucially the book demonstrates how the ideas and arguments of these key thinkers have contributed to our understanding of such central issues as experience and necessity, conventionalism, logical empiricism, induction and falsification, the sociology of science, and realism. Ideal for undergraduate students, the book lays the necessary foundations for a complete and thorough understanding of this fascinating subject.


Trends and Issues in African Philosophy

Trends and Issues in African Philosophy

Author: F. Ochieng'-Odhiambo

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9781433107504

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This book provides an excellent orientation to, and a logical development of, the major trends and issues that have dominated discussions in African philosophy since the publication of Placide Tempels' Bantu Philosophy in 1945. Views of some of the best-known African philosophers, such as Kwasi Wiredu, Paulin Hountondji, H. Odera Oruka, Peter Bodunrin, and D. A. Masolo are discussed in detail. The text takes into account, in the form of quotations or referencing, the views of several other philosophers who have had something to say about African philosophy. This book facilitates an excellent orientation on African philosophy at the undergraduate level. Those pursuing African philosophy at the graduate level will find the text refreshingly novel.


Emerging Trends in Continental Philosophy

Emerging Trends in Continental Philosophy

Author: Todd May

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9781844652181

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Beginning with Kant and the earliest responses to his critical philosophy and ending with the latest developments in continental thinking across a range of disciplines, these volumes present the first coherent and comprehensive history of the continental tradition of philosophy. Divided, chronologically and thematically, into eight volumes, the "History of Continental Philosophy" is an indispensable resource for anyone conducting research or teaching in philosophy and related fields inthe humanities and social sciences where the influence of continental theory has been widespread. Alan Schrift has brought together an internationally renowned team of volume editors and contributors to provide an unrivalled analysis of the complex and interconnected history of continental philosophy that will become a reference point for all future work in the field.


Problems and Theories of Philosophy

Problems and Theories of Philosophy

Author: K. Ajdukiewicz

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1973-11-29

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780521202190

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Modern Polish philosophy has an impressive record as a powerful, innovating tradition, in many respects parallel to but independent of the development of analytical philosophy in Britain and America. Owing to an absence of adequate translations however, the work of its leading exponents has generally only been encountered second-hand. To remedy this, Quinton and Skolimowski have translated an introduction to philosophy written by Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, probably the outstanding representative of the generation. Problems and Theories of Philosophy surveys concisely and, so far as possible, systematically the main problems in epistemology and metaphysics and the most historically important of the solutions proposed to them. The book still reads freshly and displays many of the characteristic intellectual virtues of Polish philosophy: clarity and straightforwardness of presentation combined with a bracing rigour and precision. It is in no sense parochial to its Polish origins and can stand beside the classic English introductions to the subject as stimulating and lucid analysis of perennial philosophical problems and strategies.


A World on the Wane

A World on the Wane

Author: C. Levi-Strauss

Publisher:

Published: 2013-10

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9781258832216

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This is a new release of the original 1961 edition.